I Taught Amelia to Fly LbNA #34932 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 26, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Mount Carroll |
| County: | Carroll |
| State: | Illinois |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | garfan  |
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| Found by: | Fire Neck |
| Last found: | Aug 8, 2010 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFar |
| Last edited: | Aug 26, 2007 |
UPDATED CLUES TO THE CANARY 6/23/08
I TAUGHT AMELIA TO FLY
This is a New Hand Carved Stamp, a stamp pad is included, but no pen or pencil.
Neta Snook, Pioneer Aviatrix, was born in Mt. Carroll, IL on February 14, 1896. As a young child she was always interested in mechanics of automobiles. Her family moved to Ames when Neta was a teen. Her interest in flying increased during her college years while reading about balloons and airplanes in the college library. During her Sophomore year at college, Neta applied to the Curtiss-Wright Aviation School in Newport News, Virginia, and was denied admittance with her application stamped “NO FEMALES ALLOWED” The following year she was admitted to the Davenport Flying School and eventually was allowed to attend Curtiss- Wright where she put in many hours of flight.
In 1925, Amelia Earhart and her father approached Neta with the request “I want to Fly, Will you Teach Me?” The agreement was made between Amelia and Neta that for $1 in Liberty bonds per minute in the air, Neta would teach Amelia to fly. The first five hours were dutifully paid for, but the following 15 were entirely unpaid as they were spent in the Kinner Airster (called The Yellow Canary because of it‘s color) that Amelia had purchased.
Neta married in 1922 and gave up flying after she became pregnant. However, she did begin lecturing following Amelia’s disappearance in 1937. She later wrote her autobiography “I Taught Amelia to Fly” In 1977 she was invited to fly the replica of Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis. In 1981 she was acknowledged as the oldest woman pilot in the US. She passed away at age 95.
You will find the letterbox, THE YELLOW CANARY, named for the plane used to teach Amelia to fly, in Mt. Carroll, Il. which is located in the Northwest corner of Illinois, Carroll County, just 10 miles from the Mississippi River.
Much of Mt. Carroll is registered as a National Historic District. Please look at www.mount-carroll.il.us/ or www.mountcarroll.com before you come and discover the many things to see and do while here. The Historical Tour is worth a look.
To get to the Yellow Canary, enter Mt. Carroll from the north or south on Rt. 78, east or west on Rt 52/64, then on Rt 78 to downtown Mt. Carroll. Turn onto Market Street at the Hotel Glen View. Enjoy the Historical architecture of the old buildings, and the courthouse. Drive down the Market Street Hill, follow the street across the Galena Street Bridge which declares that the speed limit is no faster than your horse will walk. Stop at the stop sign on the corner of Galena Street and State Street.
Turn left and drive to the top of the hill where you will find the Oak Hill Cemetery. Turn left into the cemetery. Continue straight until the drive curves left, follow around left and turn right at the next corner. Follow this road around a curve to the left until you come to the T intersection. You must then go right.
Now carefully watch the names on the stones to your left until you see Neta’s mother & father, young brother and infant sister. The name you are looking for is SNOOK. Look to the wooded area beyond Neta’s parents stone. Step into the woods about 3 or 4 feet near three young trees growing near one another, look between them (two to the left and one to the right) under a gold colored brick and some forest debris, there you will find the Canary. If you continue on this path, it will take you to the end of the cemetery and a circle drive which returns you to the same road leading back where you came from. Near the circle drive on the hill you will see two benches looking over the town of Mt. Carroll. (very picturesque) Relax here and stamp in. Please return the letterbox to it’s hiding place on your way out.
**If you prefer to stamp at the site, drive on to the circle drive and park off the edge near the trees. Now, Start at the flagpole and take 67 paces towards and along the wooded area heading towards the Snook Stone. Look to your right to see a group of three small trees, one is marked with a white bag. This is where the Canary is hidden)
Continue straight out of the cemetery on this road, past the monuments for other notables in Mt. Carroll, S.J. Campbell, Caroline Mark, Francis Shimer and others. Enjoy your visit in Mt. Carroll.
** Alternate directions.
I TAUGHT AMELIA TO FLY
This is a New Hand Carved Stamp, a stamp pad is included, but no pen or pencil.
Neta Snook, Pioneer Aviatrix, was born in Mt. Carroll, IL on February 14, 1896. As a young child she was always interested in mechanics of automobiles. Her family moved to Ames when Neta was a teen. Her interest in flying increased during her college years while reading about balloons and airplanes in the college library. During her Sophomore year at college, Neta applied to the Curtiss-Wright Aviation School in Newport News, Virginia, and was denied admittance with her application stamped “NO FEMALES ALLOWED” The following year she was admitted to the Davenport Flying School and eventually was allowed to attend Curtiss- Wright where she put in many hours of flight.
In 1925, Amelia Earhart and her father approached Neta with the request “I want to Fly, Will you Teach Me?” The agreement was made between Amelia and Neta that for $1 in Liberty bonds per minute in the air, Neta would teach Amelia to fly. The first five hours were dutifully paid for, but the following 15 were entirely unpaid as they were spent in the Kinner Airster (called The Yellow Canary because of it‘s color) that Amelia had purchased.
Neta married in 1922 and gave up flying after she became pregnant. However, she did begin lecturing following Amelia’s disappearance in 1937. She later wrote her autobiography “I Taught Amelia to Fly” In 1977 she was invited to fly the replica of Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis. In 1981 she was acknowledged as the oldest woman pilot in the US. She passed away at age 95.
You will find the letterbox, THE YELLOW CANARY, named for the plane used to teach Amelia to fly, in Mt. Carroll, Il. which is located in the Northwest corner of Illinois, Carroll County, just 10 miles from the Mississippi River.
Much of Mt. Carroll is registered as a National Historic District. Please look at www.mount-carroll.il.us/ or www.mountcarroll.com before you come and discover the many things to see and do while here. The Historical Tour is worth a look.
To get to the Yellow Canary, enter Mt. Carroll from the north or south on Rt. 78, east or west on Rt 52/64, then on Rt 78 to downtown Mt. Carroll. Turn onto Market Street at the Hotel Glen View. Enjoy the Historical architecture of the old buildings, and the courthouse. Drive down the Market Street Hill, follow the street across the Galena Street Bridge which declares that the speed limit is no faster than your horse will walk. Stop at the stop sign on the corner of Galena Street and State Street.
Turn left and drive to the top of the hill where you will find the Oak Hill Cemetery. Turn left into the cemetery. Continue straight until the drive curves left, follow around left and turn right at the next corner. Follow this road around a curve to the left until you come to the T intersection. You must then go right.
Now carefully watch the names on the stones to your left until you see Neta’s mother & father, young brother and infant sister. The name you are looking for is SNOOK. Look to the wooded area beyond Neta’s parents stone. Step into the woods about 3 or 4 feet near three young trees growing near one another, look between them (two to the left and one to the right) under a gold colored brick and some forest debris, there you will find the Canary. If you continue on this path, it will take you to the end of the cemetery and a circle drive which returns you to the same road leading back where you came from. Near the circle drive on the hill you will see two benches looking over the town of Mt. Carroll. (very picturesque) Relax here and stamp in. Please return the letterbox to it’s hiding place on your way out.
**If you prefer to stamp at the site, drive on to the circle drive and park off the edge near the trees. Now, Start at the flagpole and take 67 paces towards and along the wooded area heading towards the Snook Stone. Look to your right to see a group of three small trees, one is marked with a white bag. This is where the Canary is hidden)
Continue straight out of the cemetery on this road, past the monuments for other notables in Mt. Carroll, S.J. Campbell, Caroline Mark, Francis Shimer and others. Enjoy your visit in Mt. Carroll.
** Alternate directions.